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Yūko Tsushima

Yūko Tsushima was a Japanese writer, novelist and literary critic (1947–2016). She was born in Mitaka and died in Tokyo.

Also recorded as Yuko Tsushima · Yuuko Tsushima · Satoko Tsushima

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Biography

The authorities additionally record the headings Yuko Tsushima, Yuuko Tsushima and Satoko Tsushima. Her recorded language was Japanese.

She was the child of Osamu Dazai and Michiko Tsushima. One child is recorded: Nen Ishihara.

Yūko Tsushima is recorded as having received Toshiko Tamura Prize, Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature and Women's Literature Prize.

Yūko Tsushima studied at Shirayuri University and Meiji University. The recorded working language is Japanese.

Employment is recorded with Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales.

Distinctions recorded are Toshiko Tamura Prize, Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, Women's Literature Prize and Noma Literary New Face Prize.

Catalogued output

Works

  • Yamazaruki

  • Territory of Light

  • Child of Fortune

  • Woman Running in the Mountains. 快楽の本棚. 本のなかの少女たち ／. ヤマネコ・ドーム. 葦舟, 飛んだ. ナラ・レポート. 火の河のほとりで

  • Poursuivie par la lumière de la nuit

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Life and career

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  1. 1947

    Life

    Yūko Tsushima was born in 1947 at Mitaka.

  2. 2016

    Life

    Yūko Tsushima died in 2016 at Tokyo.

  3. 2018

    Institution

    Of Dogs And Walls ( Penguin Modern) Yūko Tsushima Penguin Modern Classics, 2018 Penguin Books, Limited A 895fa 49a 501414a 393c 94941ee 42464 Anna’s Archive is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

The full dated record · 3 entries

  1. 1947

    Yūko Tsushima was born in 1947 at Mitaka.

  2. 2016

    Yūko Tsushima died in 2016 at Tokyo.

  3. 2018

    Of Dogs And Walls ( Penguin Modern) Yūko Tsushima Penguin Modern Classics, 2018 Penguin Books, Limited A 895fa 49a 501414a 393c 94941ee 42464 Anna’s Archive is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

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  • Tokyo
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  • Mitaka

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Yūko Tsushima received Toshiko Tamura Prize, Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, Women's Literature Prize, Noma Literary New Face Prize, Kawabata award and Yomiuri Prize.

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Literature

Bibliography

Tsushima Yūko: Chōji, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. The politics of miscegenation: The discourse of fantasy in ‘Fusehime’ by Tsushima Yūko, Japan Forum, 1993. Memento libri: New Writings and Translations from the World of Tsushima Yūko (1947~2016), Asia-Pacific Journal, 2018.

  • Tsushima Yūko, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020

  • Tsushima Yūko and the Ethics of Cohabitation, Asia-Pacific Journal, 2018

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